Mill Details

Rohrbach Mill / Dr. C. D. Dent Property

Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1869
Township: Rockland Twp.
Watersource: Sacony Creek.
Location / Directions

Rohrbach Mill / Dr. C. D. Dent Property

East of Lyons on Fleetwood Road about 1.5 miles, turn right on Smoketown Road. Go about 1.3 miles to the mill ruins on the left at the junction of Carl's Hill Road & Sally Ann Furnace Rd. with Smoketown Road.




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Rohrbach Mill / Dr. C. D. Dent Property
Robert T. Kinsey 09/25/2006

The Rohrbach Mill ruins are all that are left of the 1869 2.5 story stone mill built on the site of the former Haag Mill.

Rohrbach Mill / Dr. C. D. Dent Property
Robert T. Kinsey 09/25/2006b

This mill is just upstream of the Grim's Grist Mill and Halpins Cider Mill. GPS: 40' 28.24'N, 75' 43.91'W ele. 554'/169 meters Manatawny Quadrangle

Rohrbach Mill / Dr. C. D. Dent Property
Robert T. Kinsey 09/25/2006

The mill is situated on Sacony Creek at Salley Ann Furnace Road, about 500' downstream of where Little Sacony Creek joins with Sacony Creek.

Rohrbach Mill / Dr. C. D. Dent Property
Robert T. Kinsey 09/25/2006

The miller's house, built in 1869 also by Jacob & Catherine Rohrbach, is across Smoketown Road from the mill with Carl's Hill Road running south off the right side of the picture. Apparently a later owner of the mill property was a Dr. C. D. Dent.

 
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